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you write that the race could reshape the balance of power in washington. how would it do that? >> well, if scott brown, a republican, is elected that means that the gop would have 41 seats ending the democrats filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the senate. effectively what would mean democrats in the senate could not push legislation through in a fashion that they've been able to in the past few months since minnesota's senator al franken gave them that 60th seat. so it would basically be something of a roadblock, you know, before the democratic majority could stymie not just an immediate issue but a number of issues the democrats are hoping to pursue. >> what other agenda items are you talking about? >> well, for example, financial regulation of wall street. if they can get to an energy bill, if they can get to an immigration bill. those are just three items that, you know -- without having 60 seats could make it harder for democrats to pursue their agenda this year. >> what about the midterm elections. how would had this raise affect that? >> well, there's the substantive i
you write that the race could reshape the balance of power in washington. how would it do that? >> well, if scott brown, a republican, is elected that means that the gop would have 41 seats ending the democrats filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the senate. effectively what would mean democrats in the senate could not push legislation through in a fashion that they've been able to in the past few months since minnesota's senator al franken gave them that 60th seat. so it would basically...
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it's happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. taxing before saving. and i think we can do better. as the 41st senator i can go down there and at least bring conversation back. it's broken, broken here and it's broken in washington. as the 60th senator, martha, debate will be cut off. and that's not good for democracy. that's not what our founding fathers wanted and i'm hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here and i appreciate what you've done, david. thank you very much. >> mr. david kennedy. >> thank you for moderating this this evening and for everybody coming out. this election a week from now is about the small government candidate against the big government candidate. what you need scott will spend money on war, martha will spend money on healthcare. but the reality is, who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money? or do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i'm the only candidate that will go out there and i will cut spending. i will
it's happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. taxing before saving. and i think we can do better. as the 41st senator i can go down there and at least bring conversation back. it's broken, broken here and it's broken in washington. as the 60th senator, martha, debate will be cut off. and that's not good for democracy. that's not what our founding fathers wanted and i'm hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being...
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it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard, texting bush pour sieving. 44 senator i can go down there and elise bring conversation back. it is broken like it is here in massachusetts broken and broken in washington. as the 60th center debate will be cut off and that is not what our founding fathers wanted and i am hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here in depreciably bealeton david. >> mr. kennedy. >> david, thank you for moderating this evening in thanks everybody for coming up. this election is really about the economy in the future. this is about big government candidates and what you really need to ask yourself this scott will spend money on war, martha will spend money on health care but the reality is who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money or do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i am the only candidate who will go out there and i will cut spending. i will r
it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard, texting bush pour sieving. 44 senator i can go down there and elise bring conversation back. it is broken like it is here in massachusetts broken and broken in washington. as the 60th center debate will be cut off and that is not what our founding fathers wanted and i am hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here in depreciably bealeton david. >> mr....
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jim webb the story this evening in the washington post. tim on the republican line joining from orlando. go ahead, please. >> caller: hi, tips for taking my call and congratulations to senator brown. bye calling in regards to -- i did vote for mccain and i looked at it as i'm going to graduate college in the next year and by understand [inaudible] i considered strongly voting for obama but i looked at it as an opportunity i supported everything obama said he could do and i hope he could do it but unfortunately i am seeing a lot of it hasn't come to fruition. so, with brown's victory, i'm looking as a republican victory we did have a filibuster and delete things in the government as a whole but we need more checks and balances on things such as health care and how we give our tax dollars going to things. a majority of americans have shown [inaudible] essentially i want more checks and balances, and my brother in law and my family lives up in massachusetts and half of them are liberals and the other half of them are republicans, so it's kind
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they better, they even had to shut down the washington monument. welcome in san diego which is the poster child of the city of san diego for pension abuse, my goodness, they are talking about bulldozing the fire pits at the beach to save a few pennies because of the city's budget crunch. so expect more of those types of examples. and this is due to the union power and the excessive spending. again, i go back to the point that it's a theme throughout the book, we are agreeing a two to tier society. and union power destroys chances of reform that it's very hard to reform our educational system. even noted conservatives such as the mayor of los angeles has called the education system in los angeles this new civil rights issue of our time, and you know, he's right here because the dropout rates, family officials were arguing over whether the dropout rate is 35% or 50% that and i heard they're both wanted it might be 60%. can you imagine that? i flew here on southwest airline. a match in if their failure rate was only 30 percent of the time, right? [lau
they better, they even had to shut down the washington monument. welcome in san diego which is the poster child of the city of san diego for pension abuse, my goodness, they are talking about bulldozing the fire pits at the beach to save a few pennies because of the city's budget crunch. so expect more of those types of examples. and this is due to the union power and the excessive spending. again, i go back to the point that it's a theme throughout the book, we are agreeing a two to tier...
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they even had to shut down the washington monument. well, in san diego, which is the poster child, the city of san diego, for pension abuse, my goodness, they're talking about bulldozing the fire pits at the beach to save a few pennies because of the city's budget crunch. so expect more of those types of examples and that's due to the union power and the excessive spending. i go back to the point. it's a theme in the book. we're creating a two tiered society. and the more power unions have, the less accountability their members have and the more abuse we'll see. and it also -- union power destroys chances at reform. it's very hard to reform our educational system. even noted conservatives such as antonio villaraigosa, the mayor of los angeles has called the education system in los angeles this new civil rights issue of our time and, you know, he's our time. because the dropout rates -- he was -- l.a. officials were arguing over whether the dropout rate is 35% or 50%. and i heard they're both wrong. it might actually be 60%. i mean, can
they even had to shut down the washington monument. well, in san diego, which is the poster child, the city of san diego, for pension abuse, my goodness, they're talking about bulldozing the fire pits at the beach to save a few pennies because of the city's budget crunch. so expect more of those types of examples and that's due to the union power and the excessive spending. i go back to the point. it's a theme in the book. we're creating a two tiered society. and the more power unions have, the...
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yes, politics plays a part of everything in washington. it does not need to dominate discussions about protecting the united states against an attack. host: north carolina on the republican line. caller: what was said before that, the same policies are in effect between the bush administration and the current administration -- that is not true. they have changed the chain of command drastically when they took the cia and made it a role rather e rather than the than the primary role and the fbi has moved up to the primary role. do you have anything to say about that? >> guest: well, i mean, again, there's a lot of changing of roles that occurred after september 11 where now there's the director of national intelligence. and that the cia reports to and the fbi, you know, plays a much bigger role in investigating domestic mostly terrorist plots. but again, i don't know -- i mean, there have been significant policy changes regarding the treatment of suspects, you know, by the obama administration. but i don't know that there's been a significa
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robert -- mcdowell of the fcc, cecilia kang of "the washington post." >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: thank you. >> secretary of state hillary clinton recently commemorated the conference on women's health issues. she now talks about the goals reached on a -- these issues will be part of her agenda during a three-nation pacific trip that begins this week to australia, new zealand, and new guinea. from the state department, this is about half an hour. >> thank you all very much. my goodness, thank you. wow, this is a wonderful occasion. several of us were quite nervous when we saw the snow start last night, so i'm delighted the sun is out and shining on all of you here as we gather for this the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the ground-breaking gathering and agreement in cairo. when i think about that and the thousands of people who were part of it who came together to declare with one voice that reproductive health care is critical to the health of women and that women's health is essential to the prosperity and opportunity of all, to the stability of families and c
robert -- mcdowell of the fcc, cecilia kang of "the washington post." >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: thank you. >> secretary of state hillary clinton recently commemorated the conference on women's health issues. she now talks about the goals reached on a -- these issues will be part of her agenda during a three-nation pacific trip that begins this week to australia, new zealand, and new guinea. from the state department, this is about half an hour....
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it's written by june kronhoss, a washington, d.c. base writer who previously worked for the "wall street journal" as a foreign correspondent, as the bureau's bureau chief in boston and deputy bureau chief in washington and as a journal reporter in washington where she covered education issues for a decade. the second paper will be by stacy childress, a lecturer in the general management unit at the harvard business school and co-founder of the public education leadership program at harvard. she study the aunt pra tra newer education in the united states and her paper is entitled "investing in improvement strategy and resource education in public school districts." the third up will be marty west. marty's an assistant professor at the harvard graduate school of education. he also serves as an executive editor of the journal "education next." as deputy director of the program on education policy and governance at harvard university. before joining the harvard faculty, marty taught at brown university, and was a research fellow at the b
it's written by june kronhoss, a washington, d.c. base writer who previously worked for the "wall street journal" as a foreign correspondent, as the bureau's bureau chief in boston and deputy bureau chief in washington and as a journal reporter in washington where she covered education issues for a decade. the second paper will be by stacy childress, a lecturer in the general management unit at the harvard business school and co-founder of the public education leadership program at...
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in washington at 90.1 fm and done x retial, channel 132. it's also a free application for your iphone. c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >>> the congressional intertek bachus advisory committee held its sixth annual conference this week. one of the topics discussed is the state of the internet. we will hear from representative rick boucher and brian roberts of comcast ceo to lead a discussion on copyright issues and internet privacy. this portion is two hours and 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. here we are meeting not in virtual space but in real space. my name is jerry berman and i am the chair perhaps for life of the congressional internet kokesh at eis recommitting. as you know we work with the congressional internet caucus and all of you to try to educate each other and policy makers, some of your policy makers, and the world about the internet, and we started this 13 years ago and the issue at that time to of them, could we get a congressman to connect to email. well that was a tough one. we were going door to doo
in washington at 90.1 fm and done x retial, channel 132. it's also a free application for your iphone. c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >>> the congressional intertek bachus advisory committee held its sixth annual conference this week. one of the topics discussed is the state of the internet. we will hear from representative rick boucher and brian roberts of comcast ceo to lead a discussion on copyright issues and internet privacy. this portion is two hours and 40...
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jefferson college in washington p.a. there's been discussion and overworry and underworry about the media of the president. do you think the president should be this exposed out in the media and in the public or do you feel that people are overreacting? >> i think the media likes to make a story about how overexposed barack obama is. i'm not sure that regular people really care that much about it. if the media hadn't been the ones talking about it so much over the autumn. >> as members of the media, i have to say, i mean, i could see both sides of this, but on your -- the one main point that is the media driving it, i talk to a lot of real people back home oral not just in the beltway, so are saying of time i turn on a tv, obama is on all five sunday shows, then he's on the cooking channel, then he's on espn, talking baseball or whatever, and that's fine. you know, on the other side of it, i will say i think there was a lot of, you know, pundits, overdoing that he was over exposed, because you know, frankly, it's a free
jefferson college in washington p.a. there's been discussion and overworry and underworry about the media of the president. do you think the president should be this exposed out in the media and in the public or do you feel that people are overreacting? >> i think the media likes to make a story about how overexposed barack obama is. i'm not sure that regular people really care that much about it. if the media hadn't been the ones talking about it so much over the autumn. >> as...
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washington would go on to win. two days later in d krfrment, 94-91. >> phil: what a shot that was. >> steve: we are tied for the 14th time, 68 apiece. steve buckhantz, phil chenier and our comcast sportsnet crew. that was not an easy shot, is it, phil? 689 no, it's not. he had andray blatche tracking him down but could not get a reach to get a piece that have. had some reverse english on that ball. >> steve: he has made five in a rowand has 19 points. randy foye answers. >> phil: you know, he realizes that brad miller not one of those shot blockers that has this team no. 1. >> steve: tied at 70, 2:07 to play, 10 points for randy foye. blatche guarding miller. rose hesitates, puts it up, knocked out of bounds by foye with four seconds to shoot. good defensive play 689 yeah, like i said, i think this is a good match-up and certainly good for foye, who continues to get better, continues to get more confidence, equally strong and that time gets the block on derrick rose. >> steve: hinrich penetrates, will not count. >>
washington would go on to win. two days later in d krfrment, 94-91. >> phil: what a shot that was. >> steve: we are tied for the 14th time, 68 apiece. steve buckhantz, phil chenier and our comcast sportsnet crew. that was not an easy shot, is it, phil? 689 no, it's not. he had andray blatche tracking him down but could not get a reach to get a piece that have. had some reverse english on that ball. >> steve: he has made five in a rowand has 19 points. randy foye answers....
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thanks for coming to washington. [applause] >> thank you so much. ... well, i was trained as an anthropologist, as a matter of fact, you might say, i am the very model of a modern anthropologist. ♪ i am the very model of a modern anthropologist, a link quits, andest nighties. ♪ ♪ indeed i know what to do to exercise an evil eye ♪ or shout a rating cry ♪ ♪ when i can slash a jungle to the ground ♪ ♪ you'll say a better anthropologist has never been found ♪ ♪ ♪ i can tell a from castings ♪ . ♪ ♪ ♪ i have excavated pyramid ♪ ♪ palaces and tombs ♪ i'm up on tribal law and economic anthropology ♪ ♪ in fact, when i know what is meant by coolerring ♪ ♪ sociobiology, he knows he's met a man who really knows his anthropology ♪ ♪ if fact when i know what is meant by cooler ring ♪ seto biology, he's met a man that knows his anthropology ♪ thank you very much. [applause] >> now, we're going to talk about mr. darwin. and the image that i had when i was a lad of darwin was this sort of aloof, intellectual, distant f
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and i did because i wanted to make a living in boston and i moved to washington. [laughter] excuse me. and when i went back to my article idea folder either brilliant idea. i would write a little bit about the making of this map and it would come out in 2007 i'm a timed perfectly to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the naming of america. and they barely made it to 2009. [laughter] so what happened? why did it take me longer than expected? the simple answer is i just got in and i thought when i came to the map that i was going to be focusing on the new world and particularly this naming of america. very quickly, as john suggested, i started just seeing more and more in the map in feeling as though there was an opportunity to do a much more comprehensive book that would survey the map as a whole and could be an excuse for doing it kind of geographical and intellectual adventure story, with the map kind of as the backdrop. so what struck me most was that it wasn't just one world that's depicted here. it's actually many worlds. and if you just change your perspe
and i did because i wanted to make a living in boston and i moved to washington. [laughter] excuse me. and when i went back to my article idea folder either brilliant idea. i would write a little bit about the making of this map and it would come out in 2007 i'm a timed perfectly to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the naming of america. and they barely made it to 2009. [laughter] so what happened? why did it take me longer than expected? the simple answer is i just got in and i thought...
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the clerk: washington, d.c, january 19, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby air.int the honorable benjamin . ca signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. january 20, store. >> "washington journal"store. continues. host: peter deshazo is at >> host: peter is the director for the americas program at the center for strategic a this is a headline from monday's "new york times." u.s. role in haiti after the crisis. and it >> host: how do you strike the right balance? >> guest: the right balance is giving enough support to one the haitian people and two the haitian government that they can eventually handle the affairs of their country on their own without being overbearing. it's a difficult challenge. you're standing up basically a country that has started over and over again to try to build the most basic institutions in government. and to build an economy that'
the clerk: washington, d.c, january 19, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby air.int the honorable benjamin . ca signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. january 20, store. >> "washington journal"store. continues. host: peter deshazo is at >> host: peter is the director for the americas program at the...
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but, it would that be only washington dc. i don't know what happened to the cia, all of these things. i am asking you to be a little patience with haiti, but having said so, i think ambassador noriega said something in his introduction that is fitting. haitians are very resilient i even see a silver lining in what happened on january 12th. on april 30th, 2004 i wrote a column for the now defunct new york sun, and i had one phrase there, a sentence, port-au-prince is a mammoth catastrophe waiting to happen. i made that comment because coming from the air in the american airlines, i was looking at the city, the that i had left 13 years earlier and i saw all of these match boxes over the hills. and, the mountain is the backdrop to port-au-prince mount hospital was disfigured, and i wrote to, unless something is done immediately, big chunks of this city will be gone into the caribbean sea. at the time i did not see an earthquake. haiti, being in the hurricane ali, i saw a major hurricane that would have wiped all of these flimsy
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our guest on washington journal was surgeon in greater dr. atul gawande. >> host: we are going to introduce you to our final guest dr. atul gawande who is a surgeon and he is also been inside the debate over public policy on health care for a decade and a half now. he has in the pastored number of books including insurgent know the performance complications a surgeon's notes on imperfect science in his latest book is called the checklist manifesto how to get things right. we are going to talk to him about that this money. during the clinton years he served as senior health policy adviser during both the campaign and the white house '92 and '93 and you can read him on a fairly regular basis in the new new yorkers so thanks for being here. when did you make the decision in addition to practicing you would also be involved in health care policy? >> guest: it was, i tried to avoid being a doctor for a while. this son of two indian doctors you naturally are going to become a doctor yourself and i wanted to push against my own inevitable path, and
our guest on washington journal was surgeon in greater dr. atul gawande. >> host: we are going to introduce you to our final guest dr. atul gawande who is a surgeon and he is also been inside the debate over public policy on health care for a decade and a half now. he has in the pastored number of books including insurgent know the performance complications a surgeon's notes on imperfect science in his latest book is called the checklist manifesto how to get things right. we are going to...
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[inaudible conversations] >> -- here in washington, d.c. and we are life in the statuary hall which is maybe 20 yards from the house of representatives where president obama just spoke and is just leaving the chamber. this evening from that whole we are going to be talking with members of congress, getting their reaction to what the president had to say this evening. and we are starting off this evening with republican mike castle of delaware who is also the senate candidate, he is a congressman that is running for senate from the state of delaware. congressman castle, overall what were your impressions of the president's speech? what did you specifically agree with? >> first of all, i thought it was a solid speech. secondly, i think he delivers the speech as well as anybody i've ever seen deliver a speech and that is always a tremendous asset for him. i happen to agree with parts of it. i happen to agree with what he sought to do for education. certainly some of his statements about some of the security of the country, the military securit
[inaudible conversations] >> -- here in washington, d.c. and we are life in the statuary hall which is maybe 20 yards from the house of representatives where president obama just spoke and is just leaving the chamber. this evening from that whole we are going to be talking with members of congress, getting their reaction to what the president had to say this evening. and we are starting off this evening with republican mike castle of delaware who is also the senate candidate, he is a...
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and so on the part of the editor and the publisher tft "washington post" it was an -- of "the washington post," it was an extremely important and gutsy decision. because sometimes the evidence was not absolutely there. it seemed to be moving toward a conclusion, but it wasn't there. and then of course if the u.s. government at that time under president nixon asked the attorney general to put out an injunction to stop "the washington post" from publication. which could have been a direct interference with freedom of the press. so the supreme court ruled the right way a week or two later. it all happen very, very swiftly. the impact of the story was enormous. it led to the toppling of the government, to the resignation of a president, two steps ahead of almost certain impeachment. it put the country into a terrible tailspin and i would submit that we're still not out of that. and it ignited in young journalists the belief that they could automatically become a woodward or a burn stein. so on the one hand the excitement into doing investigative reporting is very good. president overexciteme
and so on the part of the editor and the publisher tft "washington post" it was an -- of "the washington post," it was an extremely important and gutsy decision. because sometimes the evidence was not absolutely there. it seemed to be moving toward a conclusion, but it wasn't there. and then of course if the u.s. government at that time under president nixon asked the attorney general to put out an injunction to stop "the washington post" from publication. which...
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randle scores 39 on thursday at washington state, and jerome with only 5 against washington. and isaiah thomas. bryan-amaning, got it. >> marques: when you've got isaiah thomas that you can stick on jeremy greene, you can stick him tonight on jerome randle, now your best defensive player, justin holiday, you can play him against landry fields and theo robertson and allow him to just shut down that real crucial kind of a guy who's off the basketball. >> steve: washington with an 84-63 lead. 1:30 remaining in this game. as cal will fall to 11-6 and 3-2. washington will up their record to 12-5. back to .500 at 3-3. here's our man. brendan sherrer. he came in about this mark in the stanford game. got a rebound but did not score. >> marques: got to be greedy. get a shot up. his teammates have to help him out and look for him. he's got to make himself available because he's going to bury himself under the basket against max zhang, and it's not going to happen for him. he's just trying to be the team guy. he's not thinking about shooting. >> steve: trying to get it to him. scott sug
randle scores 39 on thursday at washington state, and jerome with only 5 against washington. and isaiah thomas. bryan-amaning, got it. >> marques: when you've got isaiah thomas that you can stick on jeremy greene, you can stick him tonight on jerome randle, now your best defensive player, justin holiday, you can play him against landry fields and theo robertson and allow him to just shut down that real crucial kind of a guy who's off the basketball. >> steve: washington with an...
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the most important order was given in washington and harry s. truman after the blockade began met with the joint chiefs of staff headed by a legend, omar bradley, the cabinet led by a military legend, general george marshall. his cabinet and the new national security council about how to respond. the vote today unanimously that we should leave berlin that there was no way that we could feed the city or do not and when that finished robert lovett who was the assistant secretary of state said mr. president of the russians need over from berlin shoes and harry truman said we stay in berlin, period and he said have you really thought about this, mr. president? and truman got up and walked out of the room and it was truman's determination along with clay's on the other end and then the competence and the bravery of these young men but when one of the most unlikely, it wasn't a battle but the situation in the biggest and humanitarian history. >> i think one of the things that's striking ac said the cabinet of these very prestigious military men, brad
the most important order was given in washington and harry s. truman after the blockade began met with the joint chiefs of staff headed by a legend, omar bradley, the cabinet led by a military legend, general george marshall. his cabinet and the new national security council about how to respond. the vote today unanimously that we should leave berlin that there was no way that we could feed the city or do not and when that finished robert lovett who was the assistant secretary of state said mr....
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my name is andy, law student at washington university here in town. how does merger like comcast play into this? you could have a situation where they are judged during the execution and also accused at the same type. what are the problems of something like that causes? and how do you address those? >> certainly from my perspective, it raises our anxiety. i'm not saying that comcast is going to go start kind of mixing into different businesses and all. but it raises the concern. so, i mean, i'm not sure how one can respond to your question other than to say, you know, that that's an additional concern. >> and i would add only it's not the first time that kind of thing has happened, having worked at aol/time warner after the merger. how do you deal with business? >> which raises the question about merger? >> that's also -- there's some assumptions about what the state of broadband competition. because if you have an infinite broadband users that one is going to criminate against me because they have this sense, i'll choose another broadband provider. o
my name is andy, law student at washington university here in town. how does merger like comcast play into this? you could have a situation where they are judged during the execution and also accused at the same type. what are the problems of something like that causes? and how do you address those? >> certainly from my perspective, it raises our anxiety. i'm not saying that comcast is going to go start kind of mixing into different businesses and all. but it raises the concern. so, i...
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washington lead by one. phil: they have to be fresh because they haven't played those extended minutes because they have done so well. steve: wizards by 2 with 2:15 to play. lopez great block by haywood. butler pulls it down. how do you like that block by brendan haywood. phil: he's done a really good job on lopez really kind of taken him out of rhythm. lopez scratching his head. steve: he stood his ground kept his arms up in the air and got a terrific block. now butler for jamison antwan drives lays it up and missed the layup. phil: boy, took care of the hard part. not able t . steve: again they look down low. here's roberts for humphries. drives nowhere to go and it's a 24 second violation. the 18th new jersey turn over tonight. phil: this is something we talked about in our philosophy the fact that both these teams very low on assists. when that ball stops moving, then you find yourself in trouble. humphries not really a one-on- one player consumed all time is a violation. steve: biggest possession of the
washington lead by one. phil: they have to be fresh because they haven't played those extended minutes because they have done so well. steve: wizards by 2 with 2:15 to play. lopez great block by haywood. butler pulls it down. how do you like that block by brendan haywood. phil: he's done a really good job on lopez really kind of taken him out of rhythm. lopez scratching his head. steve: he stood his ground kept his arms up in the air and got a terrific block. now butler for jamison antwan...
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[cheers and applause] i go to washington, i go to washington as the representative of no fashion or no special interest answering only to my conscious and to you the people. [applause] however, however i know, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate, but i know who i yam and i know who i serve. and scott brown -- and scott brown and i drive a truck. [cheers and applause] [chanting] and let me just say, let me just saying conclusion, let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support, but i'm nobody's senator. i am nobody's senator accept yours. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ .. ♪ ♪ i gotta feeling ♪ that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ ♪ that tonight's gonne be a good night ♪ ♪ a feeling ♪ that tonight's gonne be a good night
[cheers and applause] i go to washington, i go to washington as the representative of no fashion or no special interest answering only to my conscious and to you the people. [applause] however, however i know, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate, but i know who i yam and i know who i serve. and scott brown -- and scott brown and i drive a truck. [cheers and applause] [chanting] and let me just say, let me just saying conclusion, let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from...
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outside the washington political radar. for somebody who is new to twitter you don't know where to turn or which communities to go to but if you get a bead on the right, the labels that gives you a sense of which communities are forming, top conservative on twitter was the first big go to place on the right for people to congregate. there is a lot of local -- colorado conservative have their own cash tags. then there is a lot of funny stuff on twitter. i discovered the same thing that attracted me to the blogowsphere where you could find people funnier, smarter and more informative than most of the people you read in the newspapers. >> host: david carr has a column in the new york times saying twitter is here to say and it is not just a fad. you refer to books as dead trees. our books going away? >> guest: obviously this is the future of books. i read an interview with one of those magazines that will go by the wayside soon, an interview with jeff business. he talked about predicting dead tree books would be gone one day ve
outside the washington political radar. for somebody who is new to twitter you don't know where to turn or which communities to go to but if you get a bead on the right, the labels that gives you a sense of which communities are forming, top conservative on twitter was the first big go to place on the right for people to congregate. there is a lot of local -- colorado conservative have their own cash tags. then there is a lot of funny stuff on twitter. i discovered the same thing that attracted...
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dealing with the rest of washington. to face all of these challenges, we take great confidence from the leadership and the service of our guests today. admiral, mike mullen. >> admiral millennial send now in his second term as chairman of the joint chiefs. a 1968 graduate of an -- annapolis he commanded 3 ships and a cruiser destroyer group. a battle group and fleeting strike atlantic and then served as commander of u.s. and nato naval forces, europe. and then chief of naval operations. along the way, he graduated from the advanced management program at harvard. harvard business school that is and earned a masters degree from the naval post graduate's school. the lifetime of service was in self preparation for one of the toughest jobs of public life. i am not referring to being a guest on the daily show. [laughter] which the admiral was just last night. rather, serving at a time of war as principle military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense, the national security council and homeland security council. wi
dealing with the rest of washington. to face all of these challenges, we take great confidence from the leadership and the service of our guests today. admiral, mike mullen. >> admiral millennial send now in his second term as chairman of the joint chiefs. a 1968 graduate of an -- annapolis he commanded 3 ships and a cruiser destroyer group. a battle group and fleeting strike atlantic and then served as commander of u.s. and nato naval forces, europe. and then chief of naval operations....
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he grumbled about it and said washington people are doing typical washington tactics but he was polite to the tracker and the tracker was polite to him. the tracker is always there at public events, not trying to sneak into public fundraisers or anything like that. occasionally video will come out of a fund-raiser and shoot something with a camera phone. >> guns and religion. >> you never know. some of that stuff doesn't come from a tractor. it is more on the record, public access. [inaudible] >> usually that is done within the campaign. we will give tips to how to shoot it, try not to be too shaky. little tips like that to whoever gets that position. usually -- often times nothing comes of it. most campaigns will issued thousands of hours and there will not be anything there but the occasional nugget does happen. a [inaudible] >> the cost of making the ads? [inaudible] >> there are production costs of making an ad and it is something you need to factor into the budget. we need to see the ads be less than 10% of the actual amount spent on the air but sometimes that is not realistic. if
he grumbled about it and said washington people are doing typical washington tactics but he was polite to the tracker and the tracker was polite to him. the tracker is always there at public events, not trying to sneak into public fundraisers or anything like that. occasionally video will come out of a fund-raiser and shoot something with a camera phone. >> guns and religion. >> you never know. some of that stuff doesn't come from a tractor. it is more on the record, public access....
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several of them actually were students of mine at george washington university who wrote about their families in a writing class of mine. i operate on the rule of ruthlessly exploiting my students at every possible opportunity. and so several of the stories come from my students. in several cases i had students who acted as scouts. i had a student who was a high school teacher in philadelphia sent me one family. another was a waitress in a salvadoran restaurant sent me another one. the book is dedicated to my students because they were such an important part of shaping it. >> did your conceptions of immigration change? from writing this? >> yes and for. the basic notion)r that immigration is one of the most dramatic and compelling of all human stories never changed. i knew this from my own family history. my grandparents were immigrants. i knew their stories, i knew their lives. i grew up in an immigrant community ingk new jersey whe everybody i knew was from an immigrant family so that basic sense of what it takes to be an immigrant, the resilience, the tenacity, the courage never
several of them actually were students of mine at george washington university who wrote about their families in a writing class of mine. i operate on the rule of ruthlessly exploiting my students at every possible opportunity. and so several of the stories come from my students. in several cases i had students who acted as scouts. i had a student who was a high school teacher in philadelphia sent me one family. another was a waitress in a salvadoran restaurant sent me another one. the book is...
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in other words, you write a sentence that is the feeling here at washington that --. then you use the information. if you wish to do that remember you are assuming the information that is right. wisely you eject before hand now when that center gave that to me i assumed it was off the record and walk away and did not use it in my piece that night. only to get a call from him the following morning saying, why didn't you use that? i gave it to you to use. i wanted that on the air. and i said but senator you said it was off the record. he said, don't be hung up on terminology like that. if i'm giving you information use it. but then it's the reporters responsibility, should it be the reporters responsibility to figure out whether the information is of a sort that he the reporter can figure out and use. last night, i'm absolutely booked on the old mysteries and so why was watching a movie called north side of 777. jimmy stewart, about 50 years ago. it is about a reporter who approaches a story at first with extreme skepticism. he writes it but doesn't think it is right a
in other words, you write a sentence that is the feeling here at washington that --. then you use the information. if you wish to do that remember you are assuming the information that is right. wisely you eject before hand now when that center gave that to me i assumed it was off the record and walk away and did not use it in my piece that night. only to get a call from him the following morning saying, why didn't you use that? i gave it to you to use. i wanted that on the air. and i said but...
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that meets regularly in washington, eight times a year. and they make the decisions about what the interest rate is going to be and various other things that the fed is responsible for. that committee is made up of the seven members of the board of governors, the washington part, and five representatives of the central bank one of helm, new york, is always there and the others four, rotate through the 12 banks the other 11 banks so that is the organization, 12 people. there are 90 members to come to the open market committee, 12 bankers but only five of those bankers get to vote. >> host: as we go to our first phonecall for professor allan meltzer let's put on their screen the open market definition for our viewers to read. dalton georgia danny on the republican line, good morning. >> caller: hello, thank you for c-span. it is good to have open minds and be able to talk. the first thing you said about the gold standard in watching this gentleman on tv, i just have one question. especially about bokor back in the 80s. what was it that he wa
that meets regularly in washington, eight times a year. and they make the decisions about what the interest rate is going to be and various other things that the fed is responsible for. that committee is made up of the seven members of the board of governors, the washington part, and five representatives of the central bank one of helm, new york, is always there and the others four, rotate through the 12 banks the other 11 banks so that is the organization, 12 people. there are 90 members to...
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a 12-0 washington play. trailing as many as 22. >> steve: first points in the game for smith. 12-2 in the last three minutes for washington. started the game just 2-14. smith lost it off his foot. and stevenson comes the other way looking for help. travel. reset with foye. here is jamison back out to foye for a long three-point shot that's good. randy foye with 12 points in the game on five of eight shooting. he is so productive in that starting role. >> phil: he really has been. wizards cut it to 8. >> steve: joe johnson's launch is no good. washington can climb even closer. wizards will have tomorrow off. leave tonight. fly up to chicago. play the bulls friday night. first time this season against chicago. foye again. and he hits another one. this one a two-point field goal. randy foye has been outstanding. six of nine from the field. 15 points. wizards cut it to 6. smith turns on haywood. short jumper no good. jamison the rebound. foye. jamison baseline. backing in. had it knock out by williams and out-of
a 12-0 washington play. trailing as many as 22. >> steve: first points in the game for smith. 12-2 in the last three minutes for washington. started the game just 2-14. smith lost it off his foot. and stevenson comes the other way looking for help. travel. reset with foye. here is jamison back out to foye for a long three-point shot that's good. randy foye with 12 points in the game on five of eight shooting. he is so productive in that starting role. >> phil: he really has been....
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also with us on washington journal was republican representative pete hoekstra of michigan, the ranking member of the intelligence committee. >> host: we talk now with representative pete, congressman you will be getting a briefing today by the administration on the christmas day bombing attempt. what do you want to know? >> guest: there's a couple of things i want to know. number one this is kind of personal for me i come from steve michigan and this was an attack on the largest city of detroit, so we have any indication at all that detroit was picked for a specific reason and this is an indication that it may be a target sometime again in the future or was detroit just a choice of convenience? it could have been atlantic or minneapolis, could have been new york or any other city. the guy was just getting to detroit. and the second thing is i really want to find out why after fort hood which had very much the same footprint the american-born radical clerk in yemen, it had al qaeda of the arabian peninsula and it was an attack on america. what steps did the administration take immediate
also with us on washington journal was republican representative pete hoekstra of michigan, the ranking member of the intelligence committee. >> host: we talk now with representative pete, congressman you will be getting a briefing today by the administration on the christmas day bombing attempt. what do you want to know? >> guest: there's a couple of things i want to know. number one this is kind of personal for me i come from steve michigan and this was an attack on the largest...
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chris rhoades is a reporter with the "washington. gentleman, thank you. >> american icons, three original documentaries from c's are now available on dvd. a unique journey through the iconic columns of the three branches of american government. see the exquisite detail of the supreme court. go beyond the velvet rope so private tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital. american icon, a three disc dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/. >> now the use of wireless technology and consumer demand for personal wireless devices. we begin with remarks from chair congressman rick boucher. this is two hours ten minutes. some >> subcommittee will come to order. this morning the subcommittee convened a legislative hearing on two measures related to the availability of the wireless spectrum, which is a central to meeting our future needs for mobile communication services. the movement of personal communications to mo
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the camera can move in, it is a "washington post" start. ey basically make the point over the decade that thereÑi was zero net job creation. basically the same amount of jobs now as ten years ago. that is a pretty significant statistic. what does that mean for the broader economy? >> guest: well, i think it means that first of all, we have had too bad recessions. we have had, you know, a lot of months of job losses. at the more fundamentally it means that the structure of our economy is changing. it is going to be in very violent and very uncomfortable for a long time for that to happen. the last time we really have this kind of structural change was in the 30's when we actually lost jobs in that ticket. i think it means that we need to try to shift some of our focus. we got very good at building houses. we got very good at packaging mortgages and selling the financial securities. we weren't that good at doing the things that maybe we need is a country. that is why i think the administration has focused on infrastructure and green jobs, tr
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in university of washington. you mention in the type of unification and fashion either by implosion in an north korea or german style fashions unification. my question is, if i can distinguish about two different types of unification models, german -- east german and west german, the west german and strongly in the west with united states and other international western states. east germany and chile have in russian and political controls as well as economic support. but if you say that in its north korea and south korea, north korea doesn't have any major international superpower control. even china is not necessarily in control of north korea so i see that come the people in public discussing about using the german coming east german unification policy vashon. why would these issues mention that? i would like to know your opinion as well as. >> can i answer for christian? i don't know if you want to make any common-sense you were in germany. he's going to be modest and keep me in the spot but i was reading some
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then again we all kind of come to expect the unexpected around washington. >> yeah, no doubt. we just don't know what to expect. thank you once again live from san diego, kelly johnson. >>> much more redskins on the way. jason campbell's last game? we will address that speculation later in the show. >>> jim hazlett, i thought it was hazelet. sorry. steve spurrier reference? >> raining sunshine. >>> all right, under john harbaugh, the baltimore ravens are 11-0 against teams with losing records this season. baltimores destroyed four such teams. combined score 129-13. and they could beat the 5-10 raidners oakland, the ravens would be flying toward another playoff berth. let's go out to oakland where joe flacco and the guys are taking on the raiders. looking for that spot in the post season and they are in. first quarter driving in and there is willis mcgahee stepping into the end zone. ravens up 7-0. mcgahee running watch out for the stiff arm right here! good-bye. hello 77-yard touchdown run. baltimore up 14-3. longest play from scrimmage all season from the ravens. charlie frye
then again we all kind of come to expect the unexpected around washington. >> yeah, no doubt. we just don't know what to expect. thank you once again live from san diego, kelly johnson. >>> much more redskins on the way. jason campbell's last game? we will address that speculation later in the show. >>> jim hazlett, i thought it was hazelet. sorry. steve spurrier reference? >> raining sunshine. >>> all right, under john harbaugh, the baltimore ravens are...